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Show more- Disease, inflammatory bowel A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- SAD A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting saddle. Also called a saddle sore.
- Tag, preauricular A common minor anomaly, this is a rudimentary tag of ear tissue. It often contains a core of cartilage. The…
- Xenotransplantation Transplantation from one species to a foreign one. The rationale for xenotransplantation has included the…
- Nicotiana tabacum A South American herb whose leaves contain 2-8% nicotine and serve as the source of smoking and smokeless…
- Caecal Pertaining to the caecum (also spelled cecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower…
- Q.i.d. (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, q.i.d. (or qid) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation…
- Balanitis, circinate A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and…
- Tunica albuginea The whitish membrane within the penis that surrounds the spongy chambers (corpora cavernosa) in the penis and…
- Olivary Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- Osteomalacia Softening of bone, particularly in the sense of bone weakened by demineralization (the loss of mineral) and…
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy A rapidly progressive, often fatal viral infection of the brain. Commonly abbreviated as PML. PML is believed…